COMIC ARTIST

Don Rosa

1951 - Today

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Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known simply as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Disney-licensed comic books, first published in America by Dell Comics. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Carl Barks; among these was his first Duck story, "The Son of the Sun" (1987), which was nominated for a Harvey Award in the "Best Story of the Year" category. Rosa created about 90 stories between 1987 and 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Rosa has received more than 310,499 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Don Rosa is the 27th most popular comic artist (up from 28th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,679th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Comic Artist.

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  • 67.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Don Rosa ranks 27 out of 174. Before him are Alan Moore, Leiji Matsumoto, Will Eisner, Quino, Milo Manara, and André Franquin. After him are Go Nagai, Winsor McCay, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Masashi Kishimoto, Guillermo Mordillo, and Bill Finger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Don Rosa ranks 55. Before him are Kevin Keegan, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Gustavo Santaolalla, Joey Ramone, Kim Peek, and Lou Ferrigno. After him are Julian Schnabel, Michèle Mouton, Queen Noor of Jordan, Blaise Compaoré, Kirstie Alley, and Bao Xishun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Rosa ranks 1,693 out of 15,968. Before him are Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Sondra Locke (1944), Melinda Gates (1964), Isaac Hayes (1942), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), and Arthur Ashe (1943). After him are Paul Desmond (1924), Alan Ladd (1913), George Roy Hill (1921), Frank Borman (1928), Theda Bara (1885), and Eugene Fama (1939).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Don Rosa ranks 9. Before him are Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), Bob Kane (1915), Jack Kirby (1917), Steve Ditko (1927), and Will Eisner (1917). After him are Winsor McCay (1867), Bill Finger (1914), Charles M. Schulz (1922), E. C. Segar (1894), Charles Addams (1912), and Jerry Siegel (1914).

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